National Apple Cider Day is this weekend, drink some Angry Orchard

National Apple Cider Day is really a thing. While some purists will celebrate it on its official holiday which is Nov. 18, apple festivals and hard cider tastings will be taking place all over the country all weekend long.

If there are any leftovers, you can polish them off for Thanksgiving.

Apple cider lovers come in all shapes and forms, and just about every farmer’s market in the country has something worthwhile this time of year, however, there is something special about the hard cider offerings from Angry Orchard.

Angry Orchard ciders come from a place near Walden, New York and is owned by the Boston Beer Company. The apples come from both the U.S. and Europe. While the flagship flavor is Crisp Apple, they have several core flavors however, including Easy Apple, Green Apple and Stone Dry and are always adding new products to their line. This year, they have introduced Angry Orchard Pear.

This is an exquisitely crafted fruit cider is made with both apples and pears. This style provides a new take on traditional hard cider. So far, people are loving it.

“Our new pear hard cider is a style that reaches beyond just apples,” said Ryan Burk, Head Cider Maker at Angry Orchard. “We found great harmony and interplay between the pear and apple fruit varieties, ultimately delivering a crisp, fruit-forward taste.”

Angry Orchard Pear

National Apple Cider Day is Nov. 18. Enjoy it and if you want to enjoy a boozy weekend, try some Angry Orchard #nationalappleciderday #nationalciderday #appleciderday #angryorchard

Michelle Tompkins is an award-winning media, PR and crisis communications professional with more than ten years experience with coverage in virtually every traditional and new media outlet. She is currently a communications and media strategist and writer, as well as the author of College Prowler: Guidebook for Columbia University. She served as the Media Relations Manager for the Girl Scouts of the USA where she managed all media and talking points, created social media strategy, trained executives and donors and served as the organization’s primary spokesperson, participating in daily interviews with local, regional, and national media outlets. She managed the media for the Let Me Know internet safety and Cyberbullying prevention campaign with Microsoft, as well as Girl Scouts’ centennial Year of the Girl To Get Her There celebration in 2012, which yielded more than 800 million earned media impressions. In addition to her extensive media experience, Michelle worked as a talent agent in Los Angeles, California, as well contracting as a digital content developer and her writing has appeared in newspapers and online. She is passionate about television, theater, classic movies, all things food and in-home entertaining. While she has lived and worked in NYC for more than a decade, she is from suburban Sacramento and gets back there often to watch the San Francisco Giants on TV with her family.